La Paloma Closing Celebration

Crowds gather outside the La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House's 405 Capitol Ave. location Wednesday evening. The Coffeehouse closed its doors for the final time June 26 due to rising lease rates.

Crowds gather outside the La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House's 405 Capitol Ave. location Wednesday evening. The Coffeehouse closed its doors for the final time June 26 due to rising lease rates. (Alex Syphers | Special to Courant.com)

Local coffeehouse La Paloma Sabanera, a fixture in Hartford's Frog Hollow neighborhood, held a closing party Wednesday June 26. The Capitol Avenue coffeehouse has been a popular gathering space for live music and other creative performances, hundreds of friends of the coffeehouse came to say their final goodbyes to coffeehouse owner Virginia Iacobucci. The night was filled with live music, poetry readings, and short films.